Apple Music destroyed the best thing Beats Music had going
Apple yesterday introduced its long-awaited music streaming service called Apple Music. Built on the back of its $3 billion Beats acquisition, Apple Music seemingly does …
Yoni Heisler has been writing about Apple and the tech industry at large with over 15 years of experience. A life long expert Mac user and Apple expert, his writing has appeared in Edible Apple, Network World, MacLife, Macworld UK, and TUAW.
When not analyzing the latest happenings with Apple, Yoni enjoys catching Improv shows in Chicago, playing soccer, and cultivating new TV show addictions.
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Sony Music CEO explains how Apple Music can compete with Spotify
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The FBI ups the ante in its boneheaded war on encryption
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When all else fails, Samsung can still bash the iPhone
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‘Moron’ terrorist takes a selfie in front of ISIS headquarters, Air Force bombs it 22 hours later
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Earlier this week, PayPal was lambasted for its new user agreement which allowed the online payments company to robocall and autotext customers at will. What …
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A look back at WWDC product announcements through the years
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, otherwise known as WWDC, has become something of a can’t-miss event in the tech world over the past few years. But if …
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What Tim Cook and Apple don’t get about Google’s success: Consumers don’t value their privacy
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Tim Cook blasts Google and Facebook while boasting of Apple’s commitment to privacy
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Paypal’s horrifying new User Agreement lets the company robocall and autotext users at will
Even though PayPal recently agreed to fork over $25 million in fines for deceptive business practices, it seems that the online payments company is up to …
For Apple Music to succeed, iTunes must be sacrificed
One of the business tenets that has led to Apple’s incredible success is that the company isn’t afraid to cannibalize its own products. If anything, …
